Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Of Rice and the Wanton Slaughter of Birds

You've heard this, of course: don't throw rice at weddings, because it kills birds. This is, incidentally, a lie: an "urban legend" (Sorry, Dr. Henken!) perpetuated by Ann Landers and the Bird Seed Industrial Complex. (Ann Landers, at any rate.) Skeptical? Then consult the Snopes.com article on the subject: "Is rice bad for birds?"

This, then, is a fair warning: if we decide to have our guests pelt us with rice as we leave, let none condemn us as persecutors of our feathered friends.

4 comments:

MomMom said...

We still have at least one full box of bubbles if you'd like to avoid the controversy. hehe

Melissa said...

I look forward to pelting you!

Melissa said...

Did I spell pelting right!?? HEHE

Amy said...

i never thought about the birds. but i was at a wedding where the bride got a nasty little grain hurled right into her eye. she was, to say the least, unhappy.